thesaurus in Japanese
thesaurus in Japanese is シソーラス, 類語辞典 — thesaurus means a reference book or website that groups words by meaning, so you can look up a word and find its synonyms and often its antonyms.
thesaurus in Japanese
シソーラス
Pronounced: shisōrasu
A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
類語辞典
Pronounced: ruigojiten
A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
What does "thesaurus" mean?
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noun A reference book or website that groups words by meaning, so you can look up a word and find its synonyms and often its antonyms.
"I keep a thesaurus open when I'm editing to avoid repeating myself."
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noun A controlled list of indexing terms and their relationships, used to catalogue and search a collection of documents.
"Articles are tagged using the library's medical subject thesaurus."
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thesaurus in a sentence
- I keep a thesaurus open when I'm editing to avoid repeating myself.
- Don't just grab the longest word the thesaurus offers.
- Articles are tagged using the library's medical subject thesaurus.
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What is "thesaurus" in Japanese?
"thesaurus" in Japanese is シソーラス, 類語辞典. thesaurus means: A reference book or website that groups words by meaning, so you can look up a word and find its synonyms and often its antonyms.
How do you pronounce シソーラス?
"thesaurus" in Japanese is シソーラス, pronounced "shisōrasu".
How do you use "thesaurus" in a sentence?
Example: "I keep a thesaurus open when I'm editing to avoid repeating myself." In Japanese, "thesaurus" is シソーラス, 類語辞典.
Are there other ways to say "thesaurus" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "thesaurus": シソーラス, 類語辞典.
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